Railroad-tie.



No. 650,930. Patented June 5, I900. A. B. EBERSULE.

RAILROAD TIE.

(Application filed Aug. 14, 1899.)

(llo Model.)

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AMOS R. EBERSOLE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOELWOOD S. SNYDER, OF SAME PLACE, AND EDMUND N. JOHN- SON, OF WATSONTOWN,PENNSYLVANIA. I

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,930, dated June 5,1900. Apnlication filed August 14,1899. Serial Nb. 727,107. (No model.)

The invention consists in the construct-ioir and combination of thevarious parts, as hereinafter fully described and then pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of a tie embodying myinvention, having a rail thereon secured by a fastener on one sideandshowing on the other side of the rail one of the openings in the tiethrough which the fastener is attached to said tie. V Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the rail-fastener detached; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview of the lock-plate and the lever of the fastener, and Fig. 4 asimilar view of the rail-clamp of the fastener; plan view of the partsillustrated in Fig. 1, but showing the rail secured on both sides; Fig.6, a vertical section on broken line 6 6 of Fig. 5; and Fig. 7, a viewof the end of the fastener indicated by arrow 7, Fig. 2.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings, A indicates a metalliccross-tie having the general form in cross-section of an I-beam, thestem or vertical web, however, being of less height than in such a beam.The cross-tie thus comprises a bottom flange a, a stem or vertical weba, and a top flange a these several members being arranged insubstantially the manner shown. This tie is intended to be formed byrolling, though it could be built up by rolled plates and angle-ironriveted together. On opposite sides of each rail-bear- Fig. 5 is a toping a slot Ais cut through the top flange of the'tie, the slot ononeside of each of said bearings being cut through the flange on one sideof web a and the slot on the other side of each of said hearings on theother side of said web, and in the outer'edge of each slot is formed arack a having vertically-disposed teeth. In these slots are located therail-fasteners that secure the rail A to the cross-tie and which arecomposed of the several parts, as will now be described. Of the parts ofsaid fastener, B indicates a vertical lockplate which is insertedthrougha slot A, adjacent to and bearing against the inner edge thereof.Plate B extends above the top of the tie, as shown, and its upwardmovement is limited by flanges B, projecting laterally from the sides ofits lower edge and which take under the sides of slot A, as seen inFigs. 6 and 7, and on the outer end of said lock-plate is an outwardlyand downwardly curved lip B that forms a recess in its under side. Thisrecess is loosely engaged by a cylindrical stud d, projecting laterallyfrom the adjacent side of the lever D, located on the outer side oflock-plate B and extending from said stud inward toward the rail A Onthe lower edge of the inner end of lever D is a depending. lip, havingon its outer face a series of vertically-disposed teeth 11,

adapted to interlock withthe teeth of rack of. The series of teeth d isshorter than rack a, so that as the rail-clamp (to be described) is wornaway, it may .be moved inward and said teeth 01 engaged with said rackat a point nearer the rail, as will be fully set forth. The rail-clampcomprises a head E, having two outwardly-extending jaws E and E Theinner edge of head E bears against the somewhat-concave inner end oflock-plate B, and the jaws E and E embrace said lock-plate, jaw Eextending over and bearing upon the free end of lever D, whereby teeth dare held in engagement with rack 06*. The inner end of head E terminatesin a lip e, the lower surface whereof conforms in shape with and bearsupon the base of the rail. The rail-clamp and the other parts of thefastener are held in place and are bound together by cotter F, passingthrough an opening I) in lock-plate B.

In applying the fastener, the rail being in place on the cross-tie, thelock-plate B is inserted from the lower side of top flange (t up throughslot A and is pushed upward until flanges B bear against said lower sideof the flange (6*. Stud (1 of lever D is then engaged with the recess inlip 13 of lock-plate B, the rail-elamp is put loosely in place with jawE above the inner end of lever D, and then the fastener is located sothat lip e of said rail-clamp occupies its proper position on the baseof the rail. \Vhen teeth (1' of lever D are engaged with rack (t thejaws of the railclamp are pressed down until jaw E bears firmly on saidlever D, and then cotter F is properly engaged with opening 1) of thelockplate. It will readily be understood that by the removal of thecotter the teeth on lever D can be disengaged from rack a", so that thefastener may be moved in ward to take up any wear of lip e.

I do not restrict myself to the details of construction herein shown anddescribed, as it is obvious that many alterations may be made thereinwithout departing from the pri nciple and scope of my invention.

, Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosccu re by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in across-tie, of a flange thereon and having a slotlocated adjacent to the rail, a rail, a lock-plate removably engaged insaid slot, a rail-clamp having jaws em bracing the lock-plate, and meansfor maintaining said jaws in position embracing the lock-plate.

2. The combination, in a cross-tie, of a flange thereon and having aslot located adjacent to the rail, a rail, a lock-plate adapted to beinserted from the bottom of the tie-flange upward through said slot,means for limiting the upward movement of the lock-plate through theslot in said flange, a rail-clamp having jaws embracing the lock-plate,and means for maintaining said jaws in position embracing thelock-plate.

3. The combination,in across-tie,of a flange thereon and having a slotlocated adjacent to the rail, a rail, a look-plate constructed to engagesaid slot and adjustable lengthwise thereof, a flange on the lower edgeof the lockplate and adapted to bear against the bottom of the flange ofthe cross-tie, a rail-clam p having jaws embracing the lock-plate, meansfor retaining said jaws in place, and means for securing the lock-platein an adjusted position, for the purpose specified.

4. The combination,inacross-tie,ofaflange thereon and having a slotlocated adjacent to the rail and having a rack in one edge thereof, arail, a lock-plate engaging said slot and adjustable lengthwise thereof,a flange on the lock-plate and bearing against the bottom of the flangeof the cross-tie, a lever having its fulcrum in the lock-plate, teeth onthe free end of the lever and adapted to engage the rack in the edge ofthe slot, a rail-clamp having jaws embracing the loek-plate,one of saidjaws bearing on the free end of the lever, and means for securing thejaws in place, for the purpose specified.

' 5. The combination,in across-tie,ofa flange thereon and having a slotlocated adjacent to the rail and having a rack in one edge thereof, arail, a lock-plate engaging said slot and adjustable lengthwise thereof,a flange on the lock-plate and bearing against the bottom of the flangeof the cross-tie, a lever, a stud on one end of the lever and engaging arecess in the lock-plate, teeth on the free end of the lever and adaptedto engage the rack in the edge of the slot, a rail-clamp having jawsembracing the lock-plate, one of said jaws bearing on the free end ofthe lever and a cotter in an opening in the lock-plate and above saidjaws, for the purpose specified.

6. A cross-tie consisting of an I-beam having a slot in the top flangeand on each side of and adjacent to the rail, each of said slots havinga rack in one edge thereof, in combination with a rail, and arail-fastener in each of said slots and comprising a lock-plate engagingthe slot and adjustable lengthwise thereof, a lip on the outer end ofthe lockplate and forming a recess in its under side, a flange on thelock-plate and bearing against the bottom of the flange of thecross-tie, a lever, a stud on one end of the lever and engaging thereeess formed by the lip on the lock-plate, teeth on the free end of thelever and adapted to engage the rack in the edge of the slot, arail-clamp having a lip bearing on the base of the rail, jaws on therail-clain p and embracing the lockplate, one of said jaws bearing onthe free end of the lever, and a cotter engaging an openingin thelock-plate and located above said jaws, all substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

AMOS R. EBERSOLE. \Vitnesses:

O. G. BAssLER, WM. R. GERHART.

